Cloud Security Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cloud Security Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £75,996 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 575 747 706
Rank change year-on-year +172 -41 +141
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Security Architect 4 15 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.010% 0.020% 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.021% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 2 15 38
10th Percentile £70,837 £63,200 -
25th Percentile £71,947 £70,000 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,996 £75,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +26.00% -29.97%
75th Percentile £80,346 £103,125 £76,316
90th Percentile £81,639 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £75,996 £80,000 £68,515
% change year-on-year -5.01% +16.76% -31.49%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Cloud Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Cloud Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security Architect in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cloud Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northern Ireland +43 2 - - 2
North of England +35 1 £71,991 +2.84% 1
North West +1 1 £71,991 +2.84% 1
South West - 1 £80,000 -
Cloud Security Architect
UK

Cloud Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Cloud Security Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Cloud Security Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) CASB
3 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (25.00%) API Integration
4 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
4 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (25.00%) Application Security
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (25.00%) Azure AKS
4 1 (25.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Istio
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership

Cloud Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure AKS
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) PKI
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) OWASP
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CEH
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) GIAC
2 1 (25.00%) ISSAP
2 1 (25.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (25.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) CASB
2 1 (25.00%) Istio
2 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) Zscaler